SimpleTV

[valnar]

Anybody heard of this?

https://www.simple.tv

[pjpjpjpj]

Interesting. The one thing missing is any information - or screenshots (unless I missed it) - of the UI. I assume there's an online UI, with a TV guide (?). But there's no indication of how you access content - does this thing have a remote? Does it have a user-friendly on-screen guide, a list of the shows you've recorded, etc.?

Not a very informational website for something that they are trying to get you to "reserve" before public release.

Also interesting that they talk about how it's "attractive" (more than a cable box) but also you need to have your own USB hard drive attached to it. I wonder if it allows NAS? No mention.

[valnar]

It was a "best of" CES 2012 item. That's all I know about it.

[wayner]

I saw a posting during CES saying that this wasn't that attractive when you figure out the total cost of ownership. You need to add your own external hard drive to the device and you pay $5/month - I think you may have needed other components to make it useful as well (remote?). Adding in $100 for a hard drive gives a two year total cost of $370.

There are screen shots here http://ces.cnet.com/8301-33376_1-573...utting-device/

[pjpjpjpj]

Unfortunate that it is only single-tuner, too. It says if you want multiple tuners, you can buy multiple units. Each of those units would then need its own USB drive on which to record. But there's no indication that those two devices could share a single list of recorded shows. It sounds like no. And if you had two at a TV, they apparently don't hook together; you'd have one feeding "HDMI1" and one feeding "HDMI2" and you'd have to choose which to watch.

Meh....

[Chriscic]

And broadcast TV only. Meh.

[SHS]

It was a "best of" CES 2012 item. That's all I know about it.

Simple.TV more like Simple.JOKE of the year if you ask me
Unfortunate that there no directly attach harddrive slot (Like Laptop/SSD Hard Drive)
Unfortunate that it is only single-tuner
Unfortunate that $5 monthly or $60 a year for premium fee service is still required for watching content or live TV remotely (i.e. placeshifting) and "season pass"-like automated recordings, but those looking for just basic over-the-air recording won't need to pay.

[PiX64]

Not sure if everyone has seen this or not, but I for one am intrigued. we use OTA exclusively in my house and with aereo TV coming online tomorrow the following offers a very nice alternative. Ya know, should aereo get drowned out in litigations and such.


http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-35205_7...te-on-the-way/

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[SHS]

Originally Posted by PiX64

Not sure if everyone has seen this or not, but I for one am intrigued. we use OTA exclusively in my house and with aereo TV coming online tomorrow the following offers a very nice alternative. Ya know, should aereo get drowned out in litigations and such.


http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-35205_7...te-on-the-way/

You do know it same as SiliconDust HDHomeRun with a few update
It not a stand alone device you have add an External Hard Drives and it only has one tuner when should done a quad tuner first that would have been better.

[PiX64]

Originally Posted by SHS

You do know it same as SiliconDust HDHomeRun with a few update
It not a stand alone device you have add an External Hard Drives and it only has one tuner when should done a quad tuner first that would have been better.

It's clear by reading the link that there is a dual tuner in it no different than current hdhr3 and that u need a hdd attached. Even still it is a stand alon DVr solution just like simple.tv is now. So yes I am aware.

[SHS]

Originally Posted by PiX64

It's clear by reading the link that there is a dual tuner in it no different than current hdhr3 and that u need a hdd attached. Even still it is a stand alon DVr solution just like simple.tv is now. So yes I am aware.

You should read there web site
https://www.simple.tv/faq#faq-10

[PiX64]

Originally Posted by SHS

You should read there web site
https://www.simple.tv/faq#faq-10

You should read the link I posted. Simple.tv current hardware is a single tuner yes, new unreleased hardware backed and made by silicondust will be a dual tuner like hdhr3


http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-35205_7...te-on-the-way/

Third paragraph

"The new box ditches the curvy, white look of the original Simple.TV, opting for a somewhat smaller footprint and more conventional, black set-top box design. The big hardware upgrade is dual-tuner support, which opens up a lot of convenient functionality, such as the ability to record two shows at once or watch one live show while another is recording."

[SHS]

Originally Posted by PiX64

You should read the link I posted. Simple.tv current hardware is a single tuner yes, new unreleased hardware backed and made by silicondust will be a dual tuner like hdhr3

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-35205_7...te-on-the-way/

Third paragraph

"The new box ditches the curvy, white look of the original Simple.TV, opting for a somewhat smaller footprint and more conventional, black set-top box design. The big hardware upgrade is dual-tuner support, which opens up a lot of convenient functionality, such as the ability to record two shows at once or watch one live show while another is recording."

Ok read it, but I went to there web site first fig that this was all ready out my bad any way in any case they should just a 4 tuner model.

[PiX64]

Originally Posted by SHS

Ok read it, but I went to there web site first fig that this was all ready out my bad any way in any case they should just a 4 tuner model.

https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/1...77876096022145

lemme guess your next response will be "they should go ahead and put 6 tuners in there"

[SHS]

Originally Posted by PiX64

https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/1...77876096022145

lemme guess your next response will be "they should go ahead and put 6 tuners in there"

I was think just 4 tuner that cover 2/3 people and 8 tuner that cover 4/6 people

[graywolf]

Originally Posted by SHS

I was think just 4 tuner that cover 2/3 people and 8 tuner that cover 4/6 people

Hmmmm.... 2/3rd vs 4/6th wonder which is better

[sflamm]

anyone seen this?

http://promotions.newegg.com/vga/13-4872/index.html

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[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by sflamm

anyone seen this?

http://promotions.newegg.com/vga/13-4872/index.html

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Too bad it only does OTA ... so not for me I need my cable channels.

[sflamm]

new model has 2-tuner HDHR built-in for cableTV.

perhaps there will be larger version or even use of other HDHRs networked in the future...

[PiX64]

Originally Posted by sflamm

new model has 2-tuner HDHR built-in for cableTV.

perhaps there will be larger version or even use of other HDHRs networked in the future...

I have a simple.tv 1 and a 2 on pre-order. The current hardware tuner supports OTa and QAM. the 2nd version coming out also support OTA and QAM..

The new hardware is based on the HDTC4 which is the HDHomerun Transcode Version 4 coming out in december as well.

HDTC4:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815345014

Simple.tv 2.0:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815345016

Simple.tv Web FAQ breakdown:
https://www.simple.tv/faq